Zach Trama finished his third season as an assistant coach for the men's and women's cross country teams in 2019-20.
In 2019, the men's team posted its best-ever finishes at both the MAC Championships (10th) and the NCAA Mideast Regionals (35th). Chris Reistle became the Knights' second-ever All-MAC honoree in program history with with third-team honors following the conference meet, while also setting new 8K and 5K records during the season.
On the women's side, the Knights raced to an 11th-place finish at the 2019 MAC Championships before capping the season with a 36th-place finish at the NCAA Mideast Regionals. Veronica Pontis set new program records in both the 6K and 5K events over the course of the season.
During Trama's first season with the staff, Brian Fridman became the first runner in program history to earn all-conference honors with a 29th place finish at the MAC Championships.
An Elizabethtown University graduate, Trama became the cross country program's fifth All-American by taking 26th place at the NCAA Championships. He was also crowned the Landmark Conference individual champion with a time of 26:43.77 and was awarded the conference's Performer of the Year during his senior campaign. Trama, who studied actuarial science, also excelled in the classroom, earning Landmark Conference Men's Cross Country Senior Scholar Athlete in 2015.
Updated: 6/01/20
